The researcher has changed her own diet as the result of her research:

But Professor Kenyon herself doesn’t need convincing.

‘Carbo­hydrates, and especially refined ones like sugar, make you produce lots of extra insulin. I’ve been keeping my intake really low ever since I discovered this.

‘I’ve cut out all starch such as potatoes, noodles, rice, bread and pasta. Instead I have salads, but no sweet dressing, lots of olive oil and nuts, tons of green vegetables along with cheese, chicken and eggs.

‘I’ll have a hamburger without a bun and fish without batter or chips. I eat some fruit every day, but not too much and almost no processed food. I stay away from sweets, except 80 per cent chocolate.’

By the way, although it's a recent article in the Daily News, this is not a new study. Cynthia Kenyonhas been working on this for years and the paleo blogs have been follwing her for some time.

They were just introduced here recently. They cost $8 each (6.99 + tax = 8.04) and it does take 2 to fill you up if you're hungry. $16 is too much for lunch. It's really no more than a couple pieces of chicken. You can get a 2 pack for $2 on Tuesdays. The cheese and bacon is not worth that much. I think the lack of grilled is just that location.

I buy chicken raw. Shove a beer can in the bottom, season the skin (or not), stand the thing on a roasting pan and roast either in the oven or a grill. I can get chicken for $1.29 lb when it's on special but always less than $2 lb. It's difficult to find a raw chicken that weighs less than 3lbs; some weigh 5lbs. Unless you can find huge beer cans, you need to stick to chickens less than 4 lbs. Provided you have appropriate side dishes, one 4 lb chicken feeds 6 smallish adults a nice Sunday dinner. ( 4'10" 90 yo mother in law is smallest, 5'10" 93 yo father in law is the tallest . Other adults in between-- but younger and eat more.)

Everyone in my family eats some carbs, but when serving chicken I monitor carbs to keep things below 2 USDA servings of the USDA "carb" group per person. (For reference 1 Cup of raw rice is 4 USDA servings; Idaho potatoes of the size sold in stores is about 3.)

If the family is larger either in number or size of individuals, or you really don't do any carbs, you'll need more than 4 lbs of chicken for 6 people.

I always cook 2 chickens at a time to have left overs for the next week.

Calipygian wrote
"Unless you can find huge beer cans, you need to stick to chickens less than 4 lbs. "
Yeah, I use that as an excuse so that I can go out and buy a couple of cans of Fosters (baby oil cans, basically). Just tell everybody I'm doing beer can turkeys.
Tim

TimD wrote:Calipygian wrote
"Unless you can find huge beer cans, you need to stick to chickens less than 4 lbs. "
Yeah, I use that as an excuse so that I can go out and buy a couple of cans of Fosters (baby oil cans, basically). Just tell everybody I'm doing beer can turkeys.
Tim